Pinoy Pride Hopeful Rey Boom Boom Bautista will see action in Manny Pacquiao vs Dela Hoya Bout
September 11, 2008 by admin
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Another Pinoy pride boxer who is also getting a lot of attention in the boxing world will be featured in the December 6 battle between superstars Manny Pacquiao vs Dela Hoya at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Nevada.
WBO super bantamweight champion Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista has just been tapped to further make this big boxing history-in-the-making a must-see for boxing enthusiasts. The 22 year-old hard-hitting boxer from the island of Bohol in the Philippines was one of the main attractions of the WBO “Night of the Champions” held in Cebu City, Philippines.
Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista retained his WBO Intercontinental crown by overpowering Mexican Eden “Anestecista” Marquez. Bautista displayed a more disciplined fighter in this bout where he started the bout with only a couple of punches, obviously sizing up his opponent’s style, strengths, and weaknesses. Despite Marquez’s aggressiveness, Bautista worked on his defense and counterpunches.
It was in the second round that the 20 year-old champion started to show his mettle with a barrage of punches that saw the Mexican challenger reeling on the floor feet up. Marquez beat the count but was sent back on the floor for good with Bautista’s hard right hook to the head. It was a Technical Knock Out at 1:08 of the second round.
Golden Boy Promotions, in its bid to make the Oscar de la Hoya-Manny Pacquiao bout one of the greatest in boxing history, immediately pounced on Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista upon hearing of the kid’s impressive victory over the touch Mexican challenger and his apparent crowd-drawing appeal.
Eric Gomez, long-time friend of Oscar de la Hoya and vice president of Golden Boy Promotions said that they expected that kind of performance from Bautista who is “very charismatic. He’s one of those guys that people like to see fight because you never know what’s going to happen. Anything can happen. He could get dropped but he could also knock anybody out. That makes him exciting.” And that makes him a suitable addition to the attractions of the big December bout in Las Vegas this year.
Gomez adds that they are going to give him a good fight against a fighter in the rankings that could give him a good fight. He clarified that they are “not going after a world champion for his next fight but want to do a fight that is important to set him up for his next couple of fights before fighting for the title.”
It is still three months away but the card is getting hotter for all boxing fans to resist. Credit this to the business savvy of the De la Hoya and Pacquiao camps, especially the De la Hoya camp, for putting up a big event as historic as this.
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De la Hoya to pay Pinoy Pride Pacquiao $3 Million per Pound Beyond 147 lbs.
September 11, 2008 by admin
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Makes me wish I was a boxer myself.
Only in the big-bucks boxing world of Oscar De la Hoya and Pinoy pride Manny Pacquiao could one demand three million big ones per excess pound you lug inside the ring. Pacquiao, the Filipino boxing sensation that fell the biggest Mexican boxing names one after the other is taking in Oscar de la Hoya on December 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
This fight (we don’t have the merchandising title yet) takes on a lot of dimensions that one can talk about it from so many angles: Revenge, Greed, and pure entertainment. This is so not unlike your usual Monday afternoon TV drama flick. Boxing critics are ranting about how De la Hoya seems to be wanting to get the easy way out by fighting a size-disadvantaged fighter instead of taking on for a rematch either Bernard Hopkins or Shane Mosley. He lost his bouts with these two.
Those who love the drama angle relish how De la Hoya would exact revenge for the Mexican legends whose sterling bright careers Manny Pacquiao have extinguished one by one. Consider the brightest of the brightest in Mexican boxing: Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez, Hector Velasquez, Oscar Larios, Eric Morales, Jorge Solis, and David Diaz. Big names, champions of Mexican boxing, whose heads are figuratively strewn together and hung like medals around Pacquiao’s chest.
Oscar de la Hoya reportedly took it upon himself to fight the Filipino sensation to disprove what Freddie Roach said about his not being “able to pull” the trigger against Pacquiao.
The money part is the best part.
Big bucks. This is what it’s all about. Both fighters are not in it for glory or title. They have plenty of those. Money is the prime agenda in this fight. While the other bouts of prominent boxers only assures them of $8 million dollars take-home pay, the De la Hoya-Pacquiao negotiations started off with a minimum earnings of $10 million dollars for Manny Pacquiao.
Subsequent negotiations almost stalled when t
he Pacquiao camp said no to the 70-30 sharing in favor of the Golden Boy. Now that both camps have reached an agreement (to an undisclosed sharing scheme) one could only speculate on what the Pacquiao camp initially disclosed to the press: something like between $15 million to $20 million dollars.
I wish I was a boxer. No, I wish I was Manny Pacquiao.
Forget about the purse. Just think of what the Mexican killer from the Philippines would get for every extra pound after the 147-pound max Oscar de la Hoya weighs when it is time to face the scale. $3 million dollars per extra pound! Just three tiny extra pounds and Pinoy pride Pacquiao will top what other boxers receive for winning a big championship bout.
De la Hoya-Manny Pacquiao December Fight: One of the biggest in boxing history
September 10, 2008 by admin
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The Ali-Frazier trilogy in the 1970’s and the Sugar Ray Leonard bouts with Thomas Hearns and Marvin Hagler in the 80’s are just some of the only few historic and unforgettable bouts in boxing history. Expect the Oscar de la Hoya-Manny Pacquiao December 6 bout to join this shortlist of hall of famer ring encounters.
Last year’s Oscar De la Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. bout was recorded to be the largest pay-per-view fight in boxing history at 2.4 million buys. Mayweather won, and is now a filthy-rich boxing retiree at age 31. While De la Hoya lost, he earned a record $58 million purse.
Oscar de la Hoya has announced his retirement and he wants another fight with the same magnitude as, if not surpassing, that May 5, 2007 fight with Mayweather, Jr. The De la Hoya-Pacquiao is expected to become another biggest earning fight in boxing history after the blockbuster De la Hoya-Mayweather Jr. bout last year. Trust Golden Promotions in coming up with such top-grosser events. Remember the first boxing loss he suffered agains Felix Trinidad? It was also the largest non-heavyweight pay-per-view fight during its time.
Oscar de la Hoya wants his pre-retirement fight to be a “worldwide event,” not unlike the Mohammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard fights that are recorded in any boxing enthusiast’s memory as classics. A De la Hoya-Margarito fight, or a brawl with Ricky Hatton or Miguel Cotto would be exciting but not as lucrative and as magnificent as a megafight with today’s best pound-for-pound fighter of the world—Manny Pacquiao.
De la Hoya said, “I want a big fight. I want to go out with a big bang. I want to make it an event. I want to make it a worldwide event because I want to show the boxing world and I want to show everybody around the world that boxing is alive and well.”
Bob Arum, Top Rank’s vice president and Pacquiao’s promoter said, “This fight will demonstrate to everyone that there is no sport universally as popular as boxing.”
What both camps did not mention is that more than anything else, this fight is all for the money. Negotiations faltered at first when the Pacquiao camp initially refused Golden Boy Promotion’s offer of a 70-30 sharing in favor of Oscar de la Hoya. Perhaps the sharing has been upped to 60-40 or something in between, plus the fact that what Manny Pacquiao could earn in this fight is something equivalent to what he would earn from four major fights.
It can be recalled that Floyd Mayweather, Jr. got only a 30 percent cut and he earned $22 million from that fight last year.
Manny Pacquiao Fight vs De la Hoya: Its all for the money!
September 10, 2008 by admin
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Manny Pacquiao fight against dela Hoya will be face-off of fame and glory. Two of mankind’s greatest aim.
No. Pacquiao and De la Hoya are not in for it this time. With their multiple champion belts and checkbooks bursting with millions, they are simply awash with these now that further quest for fame and glory takes a backseat to the real motivation behind why these two boxing titans are clashing on December 6 in Las Vegas.
It’s all for the money.
Right after Pacquiao’s defeat of David Diaz last June 28, 2008 in Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, talk about finding another opponent for the ring phenomenon was the most logical next national past time for boxing fans. When that Brit Ricky Hatton’s name popped out, (this British boxing superstar normally weighs around 180 lbs.), we thought it was all big talk. Well, when your chest is all bloated up with a big win plus you have just added the WBC lightweight title in your kick-ass belt collection, it’s ok to talk big. And we haven’t mentioned the millions that’s just added to your already obese bank account. It’s ok to talk big, really. Be my guest.
But then comes the news about the fight with Oscar de la Hoya that’s really happening on December 6. Now, ain’t that getting a bit too far? Manny Pacquiao vs. Oscar de la Hoya? The Golden Boy’s taller by about four inches, way bigger in build that he fights in the 154 lbs. class (even fought as high as 160). Hollywood pretty boy Oscar was reported to have weighed 150 lbs. last week, will exchange blows with Manny Pacquiao who has just recently ventured to move up to the 135 lbs. class? It’s just plain nuts!
…all for the money.
Let us not forget what somebody somewhere said that goes a little something like, “professional boxing is all about putting asses in the seats.” More butts planted in seats, plus more hanging behind (pardon the pun) in SRO crowd, means more money in the pocket.
Hollywood pretty boy Oscar wouldn’t even bat an eyelash when charged with the lopsidedness of the match, “A lot of people are going to be very surprised when we’re standing next to each other,” says Golden Boy. “Size isn’t going to be that much of a difference.”
Bruce Trampler, Pacquiao promoter and Top Rank vice president also thinks the difference in weight is not an issue. The fight is not about boosting careers, it’s all about—arent’ you getting sick of this already?—the money. “Floyd wanted to fight Oscar and Hatton for the Benjamins….Everyone wants to fight an Ali, De la Hoya, Hatton, Leonard and a Pacquiao because they can get paid as opponents. Juan Diaz or Casamayor can’t make real money unless they fight an attraction.”
If our pretty boy Golden Boy Oscar loses, what the heck? Manny Pacquiao is a phenomenon at the prime of his career. It’s ok to lose to someone like him. After all, as he once said, his legacy is already written and no one can erase that. Not even a loss to someone like Pacquiao.
If our Asian boxing superstar loses, so what? It’s ok to lose to someone bigger than you are. He can always get up and pick up the pieces, it wouldn’t hurt his ego a bit.
One thing’s sure: both guys are going to go home obscenely richer than they already are.
All for the money.
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